Sorry for the long wait. Here is Chapter 2 everybody. Enjoy!
Chapter 2 Recruiting
"Hello" – English
"Hello" – Japanese
Black Canary wandered around the crowded streets of Japan at night. It had been four days since her search for the young hero and he was a ghost story. The only identification of him being real was a flower made of ice with four petals shaped like a rhombus attached to a rope made of ice which bounded the criminals, but melted when the police got their hands on it. The crimes he stopped are those where the police weren't fast enough or there might be some casualties. He usually just lets the police do their job.
"Look here fellas, a pretty girl is lost and all alone." A man said and a few cheers followed. Snapping her out of her thoughts and found herself surrounded by five drunken (judging from the stench they all had) men in an alleyway. Smirking to herself, she decided to entertain them a bit.
"Hello boys." She greeted.
The men seemed surprised.
"A tourist who knows our language. Where are you going?"
"I'm going back." She turned back.
"That wasn't a question missy." One of them reached out to grab her arm. She quickly judo-flipped him and slammed her heel at his throat, knocking him unconscious.
She dusted her hands.
"You were saying boys?" she smirked.
"Get her!" one of them yelled and the rest charged.
She quickly smashed Drunken 1's nose with her fist. Satisfied when she heard a crunch and a scream in pain. She ducked when a hand reached to grab her and swept his legs, kicking Drunken 2 in the groin as he let out a 'manly' scream. She looked up and saw Drunken 3 running away and chased him down the alley. Knocking him out by throwing a trashcan lid to the back of his head.
She glanced warily at her surroundings as she felt someone watching her. A figure moved with insane speed caught her eye but it disappeared. She took out the picture.
"Are you the new hero around here?"
A silence swept into the alley as she stood in the middle.
She face palmed in annoyance of herself.
"I'm sorry. I forgot you understand Japanese. I am Black Canary from the Justice League. We would like to offer you a place in a team of young heroes who protect people in the shadows. Will you join?"
The silence returned but this time with a gust of a cold breeze.
She sighed and turned around but stopped when she saw a teenage boy around 15 to 18 with his hands stuffed in his pockets in the alley. He wore a white hoodie and black jeans and a pair of black running sneakers. Bangs of brown hair were visible under his hood and a pair of bright turquoise eyes bored right into her blue ones. A sword with a blue hatch and gold guard wrapped in light blue wrappings strapped to his left hip. His stance was relax almost bored but on guard. His aura however was powerful and dangerous. She was starting to see why Batman wanted to recruit him. He could be a powerful ally but he could also be a dangerous enemy, especially in the wrong hands.
She smiled, "Will you join?"
"You know I am fluent in many languages and English is one of them." He said in a bored tone.
She raised her eyebrows in surprise and amusement but quickly recovered.
"Your answer?"
He shifted his weight to his left. "What do I gain?"
"You'll have access to Mount Justice and the zeta-beam."
He shook his head, "That's not what I meant. I meant money."
She narrowed her eyes, "We also provide living space with food, water and a training centre."
He frowned "I don't need your sanctuary."
"Being a hero is usually volunteering."
"I'm not a hero."
"So you didn't save people voluntarily?"
He kept silence, his turquoise eyes turned cold and calculating.
She smirked, "Exactly."
His face morphed into a frown, "I still need to pay for my own expenses."
He wouldn't budge, she sighed.
"I will discuss this with Batman. So will you join?"
He stayed silent for a minute before nodding, "Very well."
"What's your name?"
He smirked for the first time tonight.
"Hyo Ryuu, but call me Ryuu."
Hyo Ryuu – Ice Dragon